Garment bag



A. PQTDEVIN GARMENT BAG March 19, 1929.

Filed July 26, 1927 Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH POTDEVIN, OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK ASSIGNOR 'IO POTDEV'HQ' MACHINE OOHIPANY OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT BAG.

Application filed July 28,

This invention relates to suspension garment bags, having reference more especially to the t pe of bags, termed dry cleaner bags, w ich are largely used by dry cleaning establishments as a temporary protective covering for dresses, coats and other garments that have been cleaned.

Bags of this type, as heretofore constructed, comprised a large flattened tube of paper having its upper end diagonally folded in opposite directions from p01nts'ad acent the center of the bag, the folds thus for ned being pasted to the body of the bag and constituting a reinforcing closure having a con- 1 tral openin for the passage of the suspension hook of a contained hanger from which a garment was suspended within the confines of the bag. In using such bags the garment was first suspended on the hanger,

and the whole was then introduced in the be by way .of' the open bottom. This was a 'iiicult operation, particularly in the case I of large garments, because unless the paper 1 bag were extraordinarily stout much care was required to insert therein the hanger and garment, as otherwise the lateral edges or sides of the bag would be torn.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a suspension garment bag of simple and economical construction having one side thereof so formed that it can be readily opened throughout its length to facilitate the entry in the bag, or the removal therefrom, of the garment and its hanger, and such side can then be readily closed, and be held in closed position by suitable clips.

Another object of my invention is to provide the front of the bag with a transparent or translucent panel which facilitates the 4 identification of the contents of any part1cular bag in service,'as occasion may require. According to the preferred embodiment of my invention the bags are made successively from a flat tubular web whereof one side is longitudinally slit at regular intervals to provide in each bag length an opening extending from the bottom portion'to a point at or near the outer fold line for the adjacent diagonal top fold, thereby ensuring 1927. Serial No. 208,431.

Figure 1 is aperspective view, from the front, of a vention.

F ig. 2 is a similar view,'from the back, of said bag, a garment hanger being associated therewith, and one corner of the bag being torn away to expose concealed parts.

Fig. .3 is a similar view, from the front,

of the laterally slitted plicated blank before the formation of the diagonal top folds, the lines of such folds being indicated. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the complete bag, showing its open side as closed and secured by clips, a portion of the front being broken away to expose one corner of the translucent panel.

The bag herein illustrated comprises a front and aback 5, 6, respectively; bellowsfold sides 7; an open bottom 8, and two diagonal top folds 9, 10 which are downwardly inclined from points adjacent the midsection of the top to the respective sides of the bag. These folds are pasted to the back of the bag to produce therefora top closure garment bag embodying my inhaving a central opening 11 through which is adapted to extend an upstanding suspension hook, as 12, of a contained hanger 13 designed to sustain a garment within the confines of the bag. The bag is made from a single sheet of paper which is appro 'riately shaped and folded to present a me 'an longitudinal seam 14-on the back; and one side of the bag is longitudinally slit midway between the front and back, as at 15, from the bottom to a point, as 16, at the outer end of the superposed plies of the adjacent fold 9, thus producing lateral flaps 17, 18: The flap 17 may be pasted to the front of the bag to afford a marginal rein forcement therefor and the flap 18 may be folded'over upon the reinforced margin of hanger, which side can then eration the side of the bag can be released and o nod, and the garment and its hanger can t on be readily removed from the bag. It will also be seen that by.terminating the longitudinal slit in the region of the dinal top fold 9 the stren h of the bag at t location is unimpaire This is a distinct advanta e since the shoulder portion of the bag w 'le in service is subjected to much stress and wear. I

In the production of bags embodying my invention the bag lengths are successlvely severed from a flat tubular web having side longitudinall vals.torovide t e requisite side opening for the ag when it is subsequently comleted by the top folding o eration.

ence, the uniform relation of t e front and back of the plicated web is maintained during its progress to the cutting and end folding mechanism of the bag making machine.

As a simple and eflicient means to facilitate the identification of the contents ofthe bag, the front of the-latteris cut out, as at thusflformed is closed,

20, and the opening 7 by means of a pane 21=of celluloid or other translucent or transparent material which is of fthe blfront d g 1 d re era y er orme at proper space intervals thi bughout the. length of thesheet of paper stock preparatory to the tubular formation of the latter.

While I have herein illustrated my invention as embodied in a bag. of the bellows side type, it is to be understood that the invention in its broader aspect includes other types of bags. claim g 1. A garment bag comprising-a flat tubular body whereof the front andback'walls are separated at one side from the bottom to a oint below the top of the body, thus prov.1 portion at its upper end, said'w-alls having oppositely-inclined to folds whichoverlap and adhere to one '0 said walls, thus constituting a reinforcing closure having an openin at the a ex ofthe folds, and one of gzd the upper end of the open side of the :provi .portion at its upper end, the free one slitted at regular 1nter-' g an open side having a connecting":

'-'sa-id f0 at the upper end of the open si e of the said fo ds inclu ng the connecting portion bod Y lar body whereof the front and back walls wall, said walls having op'gositely-inclined tofp folds which overlap an adhere to one 0 said walls, thus constituting a reinforcing closure having an o ning at the a ex ofthe folds, and one 0 said folds in uding the connecting portion at the upper end the open side of the body.

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-3. A arment bag comprising a flat tubular bo ywhereof the front an back walls are separated at oneside from the bottom to a oint below the' topof thelbody, thus an open side ving aconnectin edges 0 saidwalls being extended to provide foldable marginal portions, said walls having oppositely-inclined to folds which overlap and adhere to one -0 said walls, thus constituting a reinforcing closure ha openin at the a ex of the folds, and one of said fo ds inclu ing the connect' at the upper end of the open s1 body.

portion e, of the i 4. A arment bag comprising a flat tubuular b0 y whereof the front and backwalls arerseparatedat one. side from thebottom to P n bel t oft b dm providing an "open side aving .aconnecting portion 1 at its upper end, the I free" edges of said walls being extended to' rovide foldable marginal portions, one 0 which portion's-is secured. to .the adjac'ent wall to repasted along its edges to the inner surface ortlon; This operation is inforce the edge thereof, and the other of which portions is, foldable upon the said re inforced edge,-said walls having op ositelyinclined top folds which "overlap an adhere bular body having front and bat: walls with i v bellows sldes, one of which sides is .longitudina'lly divided fromthe, bottom to a point below the top of the-bag, thus providing an open side having a -plicatedconnect ingpor-- xtion at its upper. end, said w'alls having op positel -inclined top folds which overlap and. a here to one of said walls, thus constituting a; reinforcing closure having an openingdat the apex of the folds, and one of s incl ing the connectin portion y. v a 6. The method of making garment bags having diagonal --top folds with a central "opening therebetween, comprising making a flat tubular web from which a plurality of folding the diagonal top folds against and bag lengths can be severed, slitting one side securing them to one of the walls of the bag. of said web longitudinally at regular inter- Signed at New York in the county of 10 vals to provide in each bag length severed Kings and State of New York this 22 day of 5 from the web an opening extending from the July, A. D. 1927.

bottom portion to a point at the outer fold line for the adjacent diagonal top fold, then ADOLPH POTDEVI N. 

